Thread-holder for spools



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE."

EENEsT e. CONE, OE EAsT HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT.'

p THREAD-HOLDERYFOR sPooLs.

SPECIPICATIoN forming part'of Lettersratent No. 37 6,858, dated Jangary ,'24, 188s.

Application filed Apr-i1 4, ias-1. sermNo. meer. (No mdei.)

AHampton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have inventedv certain new and useful Improvements in Spools, of

which the following is a full, clear, and vexact description, whereby any one skilled in the art can make and use the same.

My invention relates to the class of devices on which thread of any material is wound for the purpose of convenience in storage, shipment, or use; and its object is to provide a spool with improved means for holding the end ofthe thread, so as to preventy it from unwinding. y y

To this end my improvement consists in a spool having a radial slit in one of the faces adapted to hold one arm of a holder, in combination with ayholder formed of a single L- shaped piece of sheet metal that is held in the socket, so that one of its arms lies flat upon and along the periphery ofthe spool at one end for a short distance, as more particularly hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim. l

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a spool of thread embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of the spool, on an enlarged scale, showing the` preferred form ofthe threadholder. Fig. 3 is a detail View of the metallic holder removed from the spool. Y,

In preparing thread o-r filaments of various materials for sale it iscustomary to wind lit on spools and to fasten off the thread by catching the end into a slit or nick cut into the corner or edge ofthe spool at one end, and in the accompanying drawings the letter b denotes such a .nick cut into' the edge o f the spool a, while c denotesV the preferred form of .my improved thread-holder that is secured to the spool. The nick becomes useless by the chipping off of the the nick and engagingthe thread therein, a'

wood, and, owing to the'difficulty vin findingy great waste of itin use is caused by the neglect or failure ofthe user tofasten the end; after using apiece from the spool.V Y

The holder c is made of a strip of dat metal with a stem or body part, c', that is adapted` to be secured in a. socket in the end of-the 5o I spool in Vsuch manner that the jaw c2 will lie Vliatwise along the end in properk position to n catch the thread under itfand prevent the un-I i winding of the thread from the spool.

I find the only practical method of securing l the holder c to the spoolto consist inV cutting acrosswise socket,usuallyradially, (sce Fig. 1,) in one end of the spool and driving thek holder edgewise into it,so that thejaw @flies along close to and iiatwise on the peripheryof the end of the spool. AIn this position the holder is firmly secured, may be covered by the ,label usual] y pasted on the spool end, and the outer edge of f thejaw forms a convenient cutter` for severing the thread. It is obvious that 7my improved l`65` f holding device is adapted for use on allspools without regard to the material that is Wound upon them, although it is particularly intended for use on spools ot" cotton, linen, or silk ilaments, or cord, or yarn, or worsted. Y 70 I claim as my improvementv In combinationwith a-spool having a slitin one of its faces, forming a cuttersocket, a

f cutter made'ofavsingle Ll-shaped piece of sheet metal, having one of its prongs lseatedv and held in the saidslit and the other prong forming a flat jaw thatliesupon theperphery of the spool-head, all substantially asdeg. scribed. I l

EENEsT C, jcoNE'l Witnesses: Y A

CEAS. L. BUEDETT, A. B. JENKINs; 

